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Cabin/House/Thing

Ok,

So after working on the Hexagonal Keep, I thought that I would try my hand at creating a house / cabin / thing. This time, however, I wanted to use a more realistic looking roof. So I knocked together what I'm calling a rustic house with a single dormer and a front porch. That didn't take too long and I like how it turned out.

Then I tried to attach a fenced-in yard in the back for livestock or something and that's when things got a bit more complicated.

Anyone have any suggestions or tutorials for making ground (in a backyard) look more...backyard...ish?